SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service is now being used by supersonic and hypertonic commercial aircraft developers on their test vehicles. Two firms, Boom Supersonic and Hermeus, which are developing new aircraft capable of traveling supersonically and hypersonically, have installed Starlink terminals and used the service on their test beds and support aircraft. Hermeus, a Georgia-based firm that aims to develop the world’s first hypertonic civilian aircraft, is currently testing its Quarterhorse Mk1 prototype, and it successfully taxied the aircraft with Starlink, according to CEO AJ Piplica. Boom Supersonic, on the other hand, integrated a Starlink dish on its observation aircraft […]
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